7 Days In SLOVENIA 🇸🇮 | Ljubljana, Lake Bled, Lake Bohinj, Bovec & Soča Valley

For the next seven days, I'm going to be traveling around Slovenia. My immediate impression of this place is I love it. Known as the green heart of Europe, this beautiful and charming country boasts breathtaking landscapes from the sparkling emerald waters of Lake Bled... So this moment right now, it's my favorite moment of the trip so far. ...to the majestic peaks of the Julian Alps. Wow, that was worth it. And I'll be joined by a group of travelers as we soak in the sights and try and do a few adventure activities along the way. Today we're doing the only activity I'm a bit nervous about. So I've hosted a few different group trips this year, everything from exploring around Colombia to heading into the jungles of Borneo to spot lots of wildlife. And later on this year, we'll be going to Antarctica. But the idea for this trip was just to have a short, sweet and simple who wants to come to the mountains for a week in the summer and have some fun. So we'll be traveling there in July, and Slovenia is a country I've been meaning to go to for a few years. And normally when Intrepid run their tours there, they're just based in Lake Bled and just do different day trips. But I'd had so many people recommend me to go check out the Soča Valley because it's supposed to be really gorgeous and loads to do there. And since this is a bespoke tour I've created with Intrepid, I've added in some nights there as well. This here kind of reminds me of New Zealand actually, which is never a bad thing. So we'll be starting out in Ljubljana, heading to Lake Bohinj, then to Lake Bled, and then traveling around to the Soča Valley and staying in Bovec. So this should just be a nice, fun, easy little adventure in a beautiful part of the world. So let's get to it. My journey began with two nights in Ljubljana, the enchanting capital of Slovenia. With its picturesque medieval architecture, charming cobblestone streets, and a vibrant cultural scene, Ljubljana is a delightful blend of historical elegance and youthful energy. The city was awarded the European Commission's Green Capital of Europe in 2016 after it had recently restricted car traffic in the center. This made the streets free for pedestrians and cyclists to enjoy the leafy banks of Ljubljanica River that align with cafes, restaurants, and bars. Arriving in Ljubljana is just such a beautiful city, but it's the kind of place where there isn't actually that many things to do, if you like. It's more just nice just to relax and enjoy the vibe of the place. So it's Friday night, big food market on. I've gone for my favorite, Argentinian steak. It's delicious. So in our time there before the tour started, you know, we took the funicular up to the castle to enjoy the views. We jumped on a boat tour just to cruise around the river and enjoy a drink together. And then once our tour actually started, we did a walking tour first thing in the morning. And I'm always a bit hesitant with walking tours because sometimes they can be fascinating and sometimes they can be super dull. But luckily the local guide we had was fantastic, so it was really interesting and fun. And then we topped it off with some liquor tasting in this little store. Nazdravje. Nazdravje, yes. To your health. For our health. That's ironic. Eye contact. In case you are thinking of a very small souvenir. So it's a great, beautiful, gorgeous town, but you don't need that much time there. It's just nice to hang out and let the group gradually get to know each other before we head off into the mountains to start our adventure. So we're just boarding the bus to Lake Bahin. It's going to take like two hours to get there and we're going to be staying there for a couple of nights. But right at the start of this trip, we've got two problems that we have to deal with already. The first is that it's pouring with rain. In fact, the weather forecast for the entire week here is nothing but rain and thunderstorms, which isn't exactly ideal for a week of outdoor activities in the mountains. So I'm kind of worried the tours are going to be me going, come on everyone, let's explore Slovenia together and we get here and just be raining and you won't be able to see anything or enjoy anything. The second problem is our hotel at Lake Bahin has overbooked themselves and so they decided to cancel our group booking just yesterday. So we're in Bahin, but we're not staying here yet. We are staying up there. That's where we're going to tonight. Basically, Intrepid Travel had to scramble to find us a hotel that could fit all of our group at last minute's notice during the middle of peak season in July. And the only hotel they could find was 45 minutes drive away from the lake, halfway up the mountain in the middle of a forest. This is the gap you take when you do a holiday in the mountains. Sometimes the weather sucks. But yeah, we're staying at this random kind of mountain hotel that's just a bit up and away from everything and it's kind of like a sports center. They're doing all this kind of training going on with people doing like dry cross-country skiing and people showing crossbows for, I think it's called a biathlon or something. We won't be doing any of that, but it's cool to see. Well, there's only one thing to do when it's raining in the mountains. Let's go for a beer and wait for this all to blow over. But yeah, it's supposed to rain all of tomorrow and all the rest of the week, really. So we just have to kind of hope that the forecast is wrong. All right, let's see what the weather's doing this morning. Oh, that's more like it. Yes, feeling excited and just relieved that we can actually start doing stuff. Our plan for today was to head back down to Lake Bohinj, take the cable car up to Mount Vogel and enjoy the views up there and then come back down and go kayaking on the lake. We are so, so, so, so lucky with this weather today. So just keen to get up, enjoy the views, a little wander around and then get out on that lake. Just me and everyone else. It's the biggest permanent lake in Slovenia. It's four kilometres long. This is Frano, our tour leader, who'll be taking us around Slovenia this week. Hi, my name is Frano. In 2018, I fell in love with travelling because I had a friend, she worked on a cruise ship and she showed me a bunch of pictures of all the places she has been to and I was like, oh my God, I'm really missing out. I want to see the world and my long life dream of seeing the world is finally coming true with Intrepid now because I speak Spanish, German, Italian, Croatian and Slovenian. I get to lead tours all around Europe. Amazing, you don't speak English. Sorry, oh yeah. Yeah, thank you for pointing it out. Yes, I do. Actually, English was my first, second language and I've learned it with Cartoon Network, yeah. From here now, we're going a bit more up. We are going to Orlove Glave or the Eagle's Head and there we can grab a beer and say nazare for this beautiful country and to start off this tour in style, okay? Yeah. Let's do it. Finally. Okay. So sweet. Now, look into each other's eyes. I got that. You are in luck, my friend. Look at him perk up. I know that sound. Uh-huh, you know, you know. I'm just paying, bro. Can you reach? Try speaking Spanish. Good boy. You got this, Waleed. Ross, enjoying your 4th of July? Absolutely. Freedom, freedom, girl. It's kind of a wishing bell, so of course, be my guest and you can ring it. I'm taking a sweet time. Hurry up, Carl. Gotta get those catchphrases in. Yep. Cheers, everyone. Oh, you're starting. Cheers. Yeah, I said I wasn't going to drink beer today. No beer today, as always. But not hungover, I think. It's just we've had a few days of drinking waiting for the trip to start, but it's so nice. The tour has actually finally started. We're actually finally doing things, so I couldn't resist. We took the cable car back down and then hiked around the edge of the lake back towards the town. And then after grabbing some lunch, we hired out some kayaks and canoes to go out on the lake. And just as I thought I was paddling really well, I capsized. You're rolling? Yep. I think my action camera's lost in the lake. Oh, boy. The other bag's good. And he has all his equipment with him? Yeah, but it's waterproof. Oh, okay. Ross. What happened, Carl? I thought, I've been kayaking loads, this will be fine. So I packed all my expensive camera kit in a dry bag and then I had my action camera on me and my phone. And I got on a kayak thinking, right, this is going to be fun and easy. The previous times I've been kayaking, I've been on a much, much bigger kayak, which is a lot more stable and easy. This time I was in one of the ones where it's like your legs are inside and it's tiny. And as soon as I got on the lake, I was like, whoa, I'm like wobbling all over the place. And I was like, I'm sure this is going to be fine. And then I got my action camera out. I started filming just like, hey, I'm here on the lake, it's all fine and stuff. And then I got some shots of me paddling along. And then once I put the camera away and I was just paddling normal, not trying to film at the same time, I just had one moment where I'd sort of lent too far to the left and it just kept going and I went capsized over. Luckily the water's not actually that cold, but it's more the shock of like, oh ****, I've got like my phone. I had a dry bag with my very expensive camera in, but I thought it'll be fine. So managed to rescue all the electronics apart from the action camera. The reason I had all my kit on me was because we were going to paddle to this beach. I wanted to get some shots from there. So I was like, I'll bring everything with me. I'm sure it'll be fine. We can find it. What color is it? It's just like a GoPro on a GoPro bag. Black on black? Yeah. Oh, easy. Okay. Good luck. But yeah, so kayaking. That was a good three minutes of kayaking. How's today been Waleed? It's been actually pretty amazing. Especially after all the rain yesterday. Yeah. You've been around mountains like this before? No, first time. First time in the Alps. Yeah. Julian Alps I guess, yeah. And here's Waleed contemplating life. Typical Tuesday. It would have been lovely to spend all evening at the lake, but we had to get back up to our hotel in the forest. So after grabbing some dinner, we made the 45 minute drive up and then had a little celebration for the US members of our group. So it's, actually I want Joseph to introduce what we're doing. In a sweet, sweet Southern voice. What we have here is the celebration of July 4th. Our independence from the British. And right now, Ross is going to introduce us to a little fireworks. That way we can celebrate our freedom. Y'all ready for this? Let the fountain begin. Fucking hell. The following morning, we made our way down to Lake Bled for the day. And the first thing we're going to do is go whitewater rafting. All right, good morning from Lake Bled. And we're about to transfer into another van to go whitewater rafting. But we had a quick peek at the view of the lake and it's so beautiful. But we're going to be back here this afternoon to check it out and tomorrow morning. Right now, it's rafting time. How are you feeling? Very excited. First time rafting? First time, yeah. First time. Ready to go. Get the adventure started. I think they gave me a wetsuit. Three sizes too small because I can barely move. Feeling, uh, sexy. How are two Filipinos doing? My butler's not working properly. I'm his personal butler. Sorry, master. This is not tight enough. I know, right? Okay, are we ready? Yep. Okay, let's go forward. Whitewater rafting is always a fun, adrenaline-inducing activity that can really bring a group together. So I was hoping that today's rafting would kind of be like this. But actually, the rapids were pretty tame and so a lot of the trip was actually like this. Hello. I thought it was going to be some grade 2s and a lot of grade 3s but it was all grade 2s. So it was just a bit of like, hey, wee, this is all right. So to be fair to the rafting guides though, they made it as much fun as possible. So we all still had a really good time going down the river. Through the front. One out of the air. How was it? Very relaxing. Relaxing, yeah. It was a good day out. Could have been a little more intense, but it was still really fun. Yeah, the water was freezing when we first went in. It was just like, yeah, we just got straight back in. Oh my god. How are we going to get up with the phone pole? To liven it up at the end, we did like a deliberate flip. It was good fun. No one dislocated anything, especially me. Forward, forward, forward, let's go, let's go! Was very jealous of your flip. Oh yeah. Yeah, that looked really fun. Yeah, me too. Me too, right there with you, buddy. How was it saving Lloyd at the end? You went straight in. I seen that he needed my help. Just like you yesterday, we made sure we saved it. Except for this. You got a little bruise? I survived. Let's see it again, let's see it again. Great fun otherwise. And now we go to Lake Bled. Yes. Hang out for the day, maybe a bit more swimming there, be a bit warmer. And that's about it. So this is the original Bled cream cake. And this is a really special and unique place to have it, because actually this is the original Bled cake. This cake was created back in 1953. Actually at this place. It's one of the most famous things that you can actually try. Not only here in Bled, but in Slovenia too. It's like a delicacy. So, dobar tek and enjoy. It's basically a giant square of sugar, but in a really good way. It's really tasty. Wait till you taste the wine. The wine tastes good as well. Oh, so good. Yeah, that pairs nicely. The cake's whatever, but the wine... What's the name of the boat? What is this boat? Bledna boat. You're going right there to the Bled Island. So, really creative on the Slovenian part. Bled Island on the Bled Lake. And you're going to the casino, right? Yes, I'm going to the casino. So, see you later. Bye-bye. Please, a little bit together. Get closer. Closer. Pray. That was pretty smooth. Probably the most peaceful lake ride I've ever been on. Getting to Bled Island, you have 45 minutes on the island and you quickly realize that's going to be about 40 minutes too much because there's not much to actually do. What do you want to do? Swim. Yeah, I kind of want to swim. Get a negative water. Yeah, see if there's somewhere we can change. I've got to swim one-handed. Come for a swim in the lake. And I'm out of breath because it's hard swimming one hand whilst holding the phone. I'm filming on my phone right now, which is stupid, given what happened yesterday. But this is so beautiful. The water's a nice temperature. It's crystal clear. It's so bright, so blue. So this moment right now is my favorite moment of the trip so far. It's actually super relaxing. It's just swimming in fresh water one-handed. It's hard work. Let me try and stand relaxed. Swimming in lake blood. This is so beautiful. All right, so we just strolled around the lake for our dinner spot, Stevie, which has a perfect view of Blood Island. Cheers, everybody. Australia. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Jonesy, what the hell is that? I've been drinking wine all day. The bread is so good. I'm going to have some more. Very full group. Today, we're finally leaving the random hotel in the woods and we'll be spending the morning back at Lake Bled before traveling around to Bovets in the Sotja Valley. So I can't wait to get around there, have a change of place, change of accommodation and just make the most of the second half of our trip. First up, we're going to walk on the path that goes all the way around Lake Bled. This is all the traffic coming into Lake Bled today. Is it this busy every day? Yes, it is, actually, because this road actually goes from Bohinj here to Bled. Right. And now I've been told that they're making a new road that it will go kind of around to avoid this kind of traffic. One of the symbols of Lake Bled is the Bled Island behind me and the famous stairs. So the story has it that if one lover carries the other in their arms all the way up the stairs and if he or she can do it in one go, their love will last forever. So who's going to carry me? We've already been there. We didn't carry anyone, did we? No. We have to redo it then. Nobody carried me. Katie, will you carry me? What is this your favorite spot? Start it again. What is this spot? Well, since you asked. This is my favorite spot on the lake. I love to sit here on this bench because basically this is where everything started for me. This is the place... You were born here? No. My life changed here because this was the place where I actually got my education and actually this is the place I got my license to be a tour leader. And I sat on this bench and I opened a can of Zloty Rok beer and I said cheers to life and to myself and to my future. And here I am now and you're making a mess. The time of day is irrelevant, by the way. Yes, it's 5 a.m. somewhere. I'm not drunk, I promise. This is my first sip. Cheers, guys. Cheers. All right, we got a bit of free time after our walk around Lake Blair. So, we all saw this alpine slide and thought it's got to be done. I think lots of other people had the same idea. So, if we're thinking of doing two, we might just have to do one. An update. Some of the group are doing the toboggan. There's an hour-long wait and Jason and I said no to that. Just gonna go back in the lake, go for a swim. Bye, Kitty. How long did it take you to get down? About 30 seconds. Well, for Lloyd, it was like... Lloyd goes first and then Joe was waiting for instructions. And he thought the guy said go, but he didn't. So, Joe just goes and then the guy goes, I didn't say go. I'm sitting here looking at the camera, looking at Katie. I'm just like, and then next thing I know, I'm about to plow right into Lloyd. Bye, Joe. Wait there, wait. Joe, hold on. Wait. I can see that it's very slow. You wait for a little man-baby to go. If you ride like chicken, not like man. It's now time to get the bus from Bled to Bobetz, which is a lot easier to do if the bus actually shows up. So, we're waiting for our bus. And we're a different bus company to all the other ones. And it's been like 45 minutes, a bit late. So, Frano's just on the phone to the company. The driver's claiming that he came here when he definitely didn't. So, we'll see what happens. We're going to maybe get a private transfer, which will be quicker anyway. Stay tuned for more fun travel updates. One thing to do while she's waiting. Yep, yep. I'm just curious what's going to happen on the Antarctica tour. I mean... Sorry, the ship's not here. I had this and Thailand to judge, so I'm a little worried. The Iceland went well. That's true, that's true. So, an update. Frano has got us a private transfer. Probably going to get there at the same time. Love you so much. But that's, of all the travel mishaps I've ever had, a bus not showing up and them saying, no, it did show up. Maybe it was a ghost bus. Yeah, no, it was just their idiots, I think. Coming to our rescue was one of the drivers who'd been taking us back and forth from our forest hotel the last two days. You are our saviour. Come on, love. Thank you. You're welcome. I'm glad. But it was really strange, because the bus never showed up. We were all here. Those two boys are from Germany. They're going with us now. Because they also have to be in Bloemerts. So, yes, he's going to be one of our drivers. We're still waiting for one more van, and then off we go. Bye-bye, bus stop. So, apparently, we got a different route via Italy, because it's quicker. I don't know. This will make sense when you see the map. The drive was going to take about two hours, which is actually an hour quicker than the bus would have been. So things kind of worked out all right in the end. Welcome to Italy, guys. We made it. We arrived quick, and then we would have done with the bus, even after all of that. It was an epic, epic drive through the mountains. Popped into Italy for a little bit. Now we're here, but what a place. So this is the room. Bathroom. Nicely clean and even gut. If we can get this to work. Balcony. A few of the car park, but behind that, no. My immediate impression of this place is I love it. It is so, so beautiful. The intrepid tours in Slovenia don't normally come here. They just stay based in Bohemia to do day trips. But I'd read so many recommendations about going to Soka Valley and coming here. So I was like, we've got to add it. So I'm feeling not just very happy, but a little bit smug as well. This is beautiful. This here kind of reminds me of New Zealand, actually, which is never a bad thing. Look how beautiful this valley is. But yeah, super, super happy to be here. Just like, yes, this place is exactly what I wanted. And now we're going for pizza. So even better. Cheers, guys. At dinner tonight, you could just feel everyone's mood lift. Like we're in a new place. It's a gorgeous, stunning place. We're staying in the correct hotel. And we've got some really fun activities lined up for the next two days here. So I think everyone's just feeling really happy and really excited to be here. All right, good morning. Today we're doing the activity. The only activity I'm a bit nervous about because we're going canyoning. Now to recap some history. The last time that I tried canyoning with rappelling was back in Nepal in 2014. And I ended up bottling it. I couldn't really understand what the guides were saying. I wasn't feeling confident about the situation. I certainly wasn't feeling confident in myself and had all the anxiety about my dislocating shoulder. And I don't regret it. It was 100% the right decision at the time. But it's going to be good today to sort of finally give it another go and hopefully overcome that fear. So I'm feeling okay this morning. You know, a little bit nervous, but not too bad. And hopefully the instructors are good. I can understand what they're saying and I'll give me the confidence to actually do this. But it's a beautiful day here again. So we're doing the canyoning first thing. And then this afternoon I'm going to get a cable car all the way up over there. Give me some amazing views all around the valley. So it's going to be a great day. A little nervous this morning, but I think it's gonna be a great, great, great day. All right, we're going to be going up here. So it's like a half hour walk and we start working our way down. All right, made it to the top. Got to get our gear on. First, I'm going to have a drink of the fresh water. How are we doing? You good? Yeah. We're having trouble getting dressed over here. I am boiling hot in this, but I think we're about to get freezing cold. So let's just say a little tight in certain areas. Hot and tight. Just how I like it. Excited. Actually, really, really excited. This was also Frano's first time going canyoning. So he was like properly part of the group now, just experiencing this for the first time alongside the rest of us. Second thing is rappelling or up-siling. And I'm going to show you right there how it's done. So you see the rope makes many turns. A lot of surface make friction with this aid. When you pull the rope, it's going to stop you. When you let go, it's going to go down. All right, take the extra rope out. You got it. Hold it. Never let go. Your life depends on holding the rope. Going down the first one was surprisingly easy, actually. I mean, I certainly wasn't the most graceful at it, but it was okay. Okay, first one done. It's all right. Why couldn't they explain that in the pool? How was it? Pretty good. Yeah. My secret is I forgot to go to the bathroom. So I'm trying to rush down these things as quick as possible. All right, Ross. Interesting. It's like, all right, you got that. Now forget everything you've learned. First injury. We have blood. Legs together. There you go. Let go, let go, let go. And it will spin you, yeah? A little bit better. It looks so much higher. Oh, yeah. That's nothing. Yeah, that looks like nothing. What? Any last words? Good luck, shoulder. All right, here we go. Have fun. Oh, that's a 10. Next up was the biggest one because we're basically going to be lowered down a 40-odd meter waterfall that we saw when we were walking up here. We don't do anything. We just get lowered down. So hopefully it'll be all right. I'm very careful before I'm tied on. The worst bit of it for me was before you get tied on, you have to climb up to the edge. And there's a lot of room for human error to just slip and fall down the waterfall. Yeah, it was all right. I jumped in the pool at the end thinking it was a lot deeper. It was like, oh. But getting over that bit. Oh, it's Frano. Oh, God. This is the scariest thing I've ever done in my life. I think I just conquered level one of my fear of heights. There you go. So, respect. Proud of you, buddy. Thank you. How was that? Holy shit. That was amazing. Yeah. I didn't think I was going to do it, but. Yeah. There's a reason I didn't expect the shower. Oh, right. I would do that every day. I think I've shat myself on the way down. That was unbelievable. Yeah. A lot faster than I thought it would be. Yeah, go. Yeah, waving like the queen. How do you feel? Great, yeah. Just when we thought the scary bit was over, we then suddenly had to do this rather big jump. Which was like off a cliff edge into like a cavern. And they were calling it a zip line, but it's more like a good bit of free fall before the ropes kicked in. Show me your face. So, you just need to jump over the last edge and be careful you don't hit the rope with your head. So, then jump a little bit to the left. Woo! The jump's actually all right. The jump's good fun. It's just the weighting on the edge. As soon as I'm flipped in, I'm all right. I wasn't expecting that today. That was even worse than the people. After going down the big cliff and then doing that big jump, everyone was just full of adrenaline and bursting with confidence. And so, the rest of the journey down was just so much fun. Canyoning was like exactly what I hoped for. It was challenging. It got everyone's adrenaline pumping. But it wasn't so scary that it just made everyone was terrified. It was just like everyone got to push themselves a bit, challenge themselves. But also, it was just really good fun. Elbows safe. I took it like a champ. Everyone came out of it absolutely buzzing, which is kind of what I want from the whitewater rafting. But I was just a little tame paddle down a river. So, it was good to have an activity. It was just really what I want from this trip. Just a bit of adrenaline pumping, adventure stuff. If you knew you're going to be doing all that, would you have done it? No. Oh, I missed the bus. Sorry. The long rappelling was the worst part and the best part for me. You know, I was completely scared. Until I get latched on there. I'm like, oh, this is amazing. I've been reborn. Nice and easy. I was like, oh, I'm at the bottom. Let's go. Right, we got to run. But that was incredible. I'm so relieved. I'm so pleased I managed to do it. It's nice to get the adrenaline going. So, we're all good. Back in town, we had the afternoon free to do whatever activity we'd like. So, a few of us are going to take the cable car up to Mount Cannon. That's a rickety old cable car. It's beautiful, but it's a very old gondola. And so, it is a sauna. It's like a little window here that doesn't help at all. And we can get to know each other better. Let's sweat together. A hard time of his life. It takes about 30 minutes to get to the top. And you go from about 400, 500 meters in the valley to 2,300 meters at the top. Which, in terms of the Alps, isn't that high up. But that big difference was quite a change. What are you thinking, Matty? Thinking this is unreal, man. This is ******* different than looking at it like in a picture or stuff like that. Can't do it justice. We're literally in the clouds right now. That looks like a bar. So, there's a few different hikes and trails up here. But we're not sure how long they take. So, we're just going to go up to this ridge here. Because the last cable car down is at four. And it's, what, just gone two now. So, I'm just going to go up here, see if we can see across to Italy. Wow. That was worth it. How was the hike? A little exhausting, but we made it. We conquered this mountain. And I'm glad I quit smoking. It was well worth it. Worth it for that view, for sure. For sure. So glad we made the effort to come up here. Just spectacular views of Slovenia and Italy. Nice to be properly up in the mountains, even if it's just for a short time. Cheers, my friend. Cheers, mate. Look at you saying mate. Cheers. Whilst we were sitting and relaxing with our beers, Ross and Jason were about to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. The mountains really put it into perspective as we were going by them. The instructor was saying that, oh, we still got another couple of kilometers to go up from here. Put a little bit of worry in me. Oh, I just love to spin around. Yeah, yeah. Absolutely crazy. Can't compare it to anything. It's just the best thing I've ever done. Yes, perfect. That was amazing. How was this? Let's do another. Yeah, of course. We've just come down by the river for the evening to have some beers, relax. When I was first planning a trip to Slovenia a few years ago, I saw pictures of this exact spot. Like, I want to go there. It's nice to actually finally be here and share it with the group. What a day, man. What a day. Canyoning, cable car hiking. Some of the guys went skydiving. Others got ATVs. It's been an adventurous day. So I got a double Sabinon Blanc. You got a double Sabinon Blanc. Double Merlot. Double gin and tonic. What did you get? Double... Double beer. Everyone seems to get doubles. You two share a dumpling. I'm getting a bite of Walid's tasty dumpling. Would it be the first time? It's now our last day in Slovenia, but before we head back to Ljubljana this afternoon, we've got one more thing to do here in Bovac. So it's time for the final activity of the trip before we head home. Just some good clean fun ziplining. Apparently it's the longest one in Europe, so it should be pretty cool. Yeah, that's not true. Checked it on Google, but it's still a very long zipline and there's five of them working their way down the mountain, some of which are 700 meters long. A bit of a different vibe than normal though, because the ziplines are so long. Like at the start they're giving you all these instructions about how to sit, how to put your legs, how to brake, blah blah blah, what happens if you get stuck. And so it meant that like the vibe was, everyone was just very focused on what they were doing. I just done the first one. That was way higher and longer and faster than I thought it'd be, but it was great. It was just like, but you do have a moment going, shit, we're actually up in the mountains now. Enjoy it? How's that? I let out a good yeehaw back there. It's like riding a bull. The next one we had to do tandem, so that we'd have enough weight and speed to get across to the other side. You sit down, you can hold on to here. Hold it here, okay. Yeah, so hug him with your legs. Sit down, hug him. Ready, buddy? Yep. Good braking. It's a 40 seconds romance, so it's around half a minute. Double our last time. I will treasure this 40 seconds forever and ever. Thank you, bro. Don't leave me hanging. Enjoy that. It's a beautiful sight to see. I see Luke found his big spoon. I'm going to feel the warm embrace of companions. Feeling good? Hell yeah. Yeah. So this next one we're doing is supposed to be the fastest one. All right, see you later. See you. Oh, kids. You ready to go? Ready to get wild, not quite, because I've got to wait for them to say so, but yeah. See you. Oh, good. That was graceful. Graceful as my rappelling. That was full on. This one was the best one so far. Nice. Yes, yes, I guess. So we got three down, two more to go. Last one. Fly like an eagle, Ollie. That's my best landing yet. How was that, buddy? Good. It was awesome. Good to keep going. Yeah, all done now. Real pretty up there. Enjoy it. Nice, it's fun, easy activity to finish up the trip. So we're going to get some food in town and then hit the roads back to Ljubljana. It was about a three-hour drive back to Ljubljana and then we went for one last meal together followed by an evening in our favorite bar, the Captain's Cabin. America, **** yeah! How was that? Disgusting. I look back at our time in Slovenia, it's kind of like the trip that turned out all right in the end because there's a few wobbles at the start, like the weather was bad, there was a mess up with the hotel, the whitewater rafting was underwhelming and I nearly lost all my camera equipment whilst kayaking. But then the weather changed and it was gorgeous the whole time. Lake Bled was even better than I imagined and swimming in that was just such a highlight because the water was just so blue, it's like being in a giant swimming pool. It's just so beautiful. And then as soon as we got around to Bovec, the whole trip just went up another level. Everyone was saying they wish they had more time there because it's such a beautiful spot and there's so much to do there as well. And a big shout out to our leader Frano who brought so much energy and fun to the group and was always trying to work his magic to make sure we had the best experience possible. Thank you. I want to thank the Academy. I want to thank my friends and my family. Anyway, thanks for watching as always and for those of you that have followed the channel for a while, I know there's been a lot of tour videos of late but going forward there's going to be more of a variety because I'll still be doing some tours but there'll also be some random independent trips as well and we've got a really good one-liner for January which I can't wait for you to see. But before we get to that, the next series that's coming out is one that I've been planning for quite a few years and it's gonna be one of my most epic adventures yet and I don't use the word epic lightly because we're going to be traveling to Patagonia and Antarctica. Bye.